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Education


  • Ph. D. Theory-Composition: Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 1989
  • M.A. Music: Radford University, Radford, Virginia 1985
  • B.M.ed. Music Education: James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 1982
Professional Experience

 
Professor of Music (2005 - present)
Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, Massachusetts

  • Coordinator of the Music Area
  • Teach music classes:
    • Performance Workshop
    • Music Technology
    • Music Theory 1-4
    • Aural Skills 1-4
    • Class Guitar
    • World Music

Director of Music and Arts (2001 - 2005)
Eno River Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship, Durham, North Carolina

  • Conductor of the Eno River Singers
  • Conductor of the Eno River Chamber Choir
  • Conductor of the Intergenerational Choir
  • Curator of the Art Gallery
  • Responsible for music for all services
  • In charge of music and arts budget, planning, and coordination

Associate Professor of Music (1992 - 2001)
Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, Vermont

  • Chair, Department of Fine and Performing Arts
  • Faculty Member, Division of Music
    • Taught a variety of courses in music and the arts
    • Developed a new major in Fine and Performing Arts
    • Developed interdisciplinary concentrations
    • Developed new courses and programs in the arts
    • Engaged in fund raising for performance events
    • Responsible for hiring and evaluating faculty
    • Developed eduational programs for local schools
    • Performed with local music and theater performances
    • Presented musical and theatrical performances

Assistant Professor of Music (1988-1992)
Waycross College, Waycross, Georgia

  • Head, Department of Music
    • Taught courses in music
    • Increased programs and offerings in the arts
    • Responsible for hiring and evaluating adjunct faculty
    • Increased enrollment of music majors
    • Performed with local music and theater performances

Graduate Teaching Assistant (1986-1988)
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

  • Taught courses in theory and electronic music
  • Student manager, Electronic Music Lab
  • Recording Technician for music department and WKSU radio

Graduate Teaching Fellow (1983-1985)
Radford University, Radford, Virginia

  • Taught courses in theory and computer-assisted instruction. 
Commissions

 

Commisioned
by

Title
Instrumentation
Year
Westmore Church, Vermont Westmore Fanfare brass trio 1994
No Bones About It Trombone Quartet Rising Forth trombone quartet 1995
Dr. Susan Salminen, Kansas A Single Voice wind ensemble 1996
Eurydice Community Wind Ensemble, Roanoke VA Journey Up Star Mountain wind ensemble 1997
Brentwood Consort of Cape Cod Community College Brentwood Suite woodwind trio 1997
A Vocal Minority Choral Ensemble

The Vapor and The Dusk

men's chorus, flute and piano 1998
Kent State University Chorus and Wind Ensemble Dona Nobis Pacem chorus and wind ensemble 1998
The Vermont Symphony Orchestra Voices of 1918 chamber orchestra 2000
Paul Baerman and Kathy Mlinar Love Reckons a capella chorus 2002

 

Honors

 

 

  • 1992: Kent State University Composition Prize for writing and performing Cry To Dark Pony
  • 1994: Vermont State Colleges Advanced Study Grant for writing and performing A Single Voice
  • 1995: Vermont State Colleges Advanced Study Grant for writing and performing Missa Unitas
  • 1996: Vermont State Colleges Advanced Study Grant for attending international premiere of The Cycles of Water in Vienna, Austria
  • 1998: Third Place, "Jihlava '98" International Choral Compostion Contest
    sponsored by the Czech Republic for Three Songs
  • 1999: Honorable Mention, Americas Vocal Ensemble International Choral Composition Contest
  • 2000: Named Vermont Composer of the Year by the Vermont State Teachers Convention for Four Vermont Folk Songs
  • 2006: featured composer - UUMN Ballou-Channing Regional District Conference
Performances

 

 

  • Cry To Dark Pony: Annual Concerto & Composition Contest 1987
    Kent State University Sinfonia, Ohio
  • A Single Voice: Brassfest: Johnson State College, Vermont 1995
    Johnson State College Wind Ensemble
  • Up She Rises & Rising Forth Seattle, Washington 1995
    No Bones About It Trombone Quartet
  • Three Madrigals: Butler University, Butler, Indiana 1996
    Butler University Madrigal Singers
  • Introit: from Missa Unitas, Skaneateles, New York 1996
    Skaneateles Brass Ensemble
  • IndraÕs Net: New Music Festival of Sandusky, Ohio 1996
    Sandusky High School Symphonic Band
  • Cortege for Trumpet: Temple, Texas 1997
    Ritmo Y Mas (professional Percussion ensemble) with Dr. Keith Benjamin, trumpet soloist University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory
  • Cycles of Water: Vienna, Austria 1997
    "Mosaik" Vocal Ensemble
  • Journey Up Star Mountain: Roanoke, Virginia 1997
    Eurydice Community Wind Ensemble
  • Temple Of Tolerance: Temple, Texas 1998
    Temple College Wind Ensemble
  • Eternal Spirit: Vienna, Austria 1998
    Montpelier Combined Choirs
  • Three Songs: Czech Republic 1998
    ÒJihlava '98Ó Festival Chorus
  • They Are One: St. Anne's Basilica, Quebec City, Canada 1999
    Montpelier Combined Choirs
  • I Heard A Fly Buzz: University of Maine (Orono) 1999
    Nancy Ellen Ogle, Professor of Voice

 

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